Flying Debris

Death has stolen more from me in the last 4 yrs - than in my whole life. Once again, tomorrow morning, it will take another pet from our family. She’s had a long and happy life. She was crippled years ago and yesterday an accident made the decision we’ve been putting off for awhile now. We’re taking her to the vet tomorrow morning. She doesn’t seem to be in pain, but she’s unable to get out of her dog house on her own. It started raining and snowing yesterday so I’m staying up all night, rotating towels and blankets from dog house to dryer to keep her warm.

I know it’s our responsibility in loving our pets to make the decision when the time comes. But making the call to end life for another living being, - that’s something I never make peace with. It haunts me always.

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Happy Turkey Day!

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Interesting.

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Wichita County officials are once again allocating funds to finance their own personal drug task force.

I love this propoganda-ish claim by Woody Gossom, Wichita County judge, “…I
think if we don’t do something we’ll see the rise of meth labs in
Wichita County.”

The truth is there won’t be an increase in meth labs unless the ban is lifted on ephedrine sales. The one or two labs that may pop up could easily be handled by the police departments narcotics division.

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Remember that (Phoenix, AZ) police pursuit? The one that was being chased by a news helicopter, said helicopter crashed - killing everyone on board…

A few days ago the Phoenix Police Dept released the 911 (CAD) recording of the pursuit and crash.

Listen to the recording here.

It seems the 911 recording has raised questions about the actions of several officers involved in the pursuit.

"…several times during the pursuit supervisors could be heard telling
ground units to, “back off” and “stay back”, during one instance a
ground unit was told to pull over…

…during this pursuit marked and unmarked units were told more than a dozen times to stay back."

Not a single officer obeyed repeated orders to stand down. Yeh I know - real shocker isn’t it?

When questioned, Phoenix PD stated an internal investigation has been launched. When asked about the investigation they said, "no comment."

The President of the Phoenix Police Union said, “This is a fluid situation, what you saw is real life police work."

I’m not real sure what the hell that has to do with the issue at hand. I’ll give him points though -for combining propaganda and avoidance into one sentence. Very smooth.

Of course the internal investigation is expected to take 2- 3 months. Just long enough for the public to forget about it…

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The death penalty is always a hot bed of controversy. I’ve never really understood the reasoning behind being in favor of it. Especially by those who want the killer of a loved one to be sentenced to death. If my loved one was murdered and the murderer was sentenced to death - I’d feel ripped off. A few years in a cell followed by escaping through death vs. confined to a cell every single day for the rest of their natural life…

For me the harsher punishment seems obvious. 

What do you think? 

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In a recent conversation, someone told me they don’t keep up with political news. They don’t feel their voice/vote has enough power to make a difference. That’s a hard for one for me to swallow because I’m constantly encouraging (without preaching) everyone to vote - speak out - have a voice. I want so much to believe ‘we the People’ do have the power to direct our government. I hate that my belief in that is dissipating. Every day brings another action by our government and almost every action further limits the power of the People.

Hundreds of new laws pass every year that take away our rights and liberties. Legislatures jump at the chance to turn minor annoyances into criminal acts - don’t water your lawn on certain days, your stereo’s too loud, no smoking in public, your kid’s out after curfew, and on and on it goes. The more things they criminalize - the more money$$$ they make issuing citations.

One would think less freedom, less rights, less liberties would inspire people to raise their voices, stand and say enough is enough! Doesn’t seem to be happening though. Being ignored and lied to and fed pacifications only alienates us that much more.

Nobody wants to play/participate in a game so obviously rigged. Funny how government is criminalizing everything under the sun but they sure as hell aren’t tossing around any legislation that would require citizens to vote. And why should they when the current state works so well for them. The more people who aren’t paying attention, aren’t speaking out, aren’t voting - make the job of passing new law that much easier.

It’s where this will eventually end that scares me. Wars are happening all over the world - right now - fought by people who finally tired of being oppressed. I know America isn’t even scratching the surface of that kind of oppression yet and probably won’t for many years. But can any of us look around and say it isn’t the direction we’re headed?

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OGO asked a few great questions in the comments.

Who is gonna teach them to draw blood? Forcibly. It seems that this
will be extra dangerous for the suspected drunk driver. How about the
cops? Messing with blood is dangerous business. Who will police the
police?

I’m borrowing the answers from the original entry at the Agitator.

"Ponder that in many states,
you’ve no right to ask that a physician or trained medical professional
draw the blood, either. The cops get to jab you.

It gets worse. Late last month,
the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that not only can police require
that you give up your blood, if you refuse they may use "extreme force"
to extract it. In this case, the officers inflicted permanent physical
damage on the suspect. There’s also a case pending in Arizona where a forced blood draw done by a cop resulted in a persistent infection in the suspect’s arm."

This today from the Agitator:

 

Earlier this year, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that police may forcibly take roadside blood samples from suspected drunk drivers.

and

Late last month, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that not only can police require that you give up your blood, if you refuse they may use "extreme force" to extract it.

 

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Challenging the rules
Girls suspended for ‘memory shirts’

Ten Wichita Falls High School girls were suspended Friday when they wore T-shirts to school that honored the memory of a friend who died early Sunday morning of injuries he suffered in a hit-and-run accident.

"They’re divisive, cause rifts and are a distraction to the instructional day," said Renae Murphy, public information officer for the Wichita Falls Independent School District.

Is this really the kind of message we should be sending to a generation of teens raised in a society that’s already too lacking in empathy for our fellow man/woman?

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No-bills in Wichita County, published in TRN on November 8, 2007

Scroll down to the comments section below the list.

Anyone else find the reader comments just a tiny bit disturbing?

God have mercy on the poor soul who finds any of these people on their jury.

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